Cloth-piling machine



J. BfoBRYAN; CLOTH FILING MACHINE.-

(N Model.)

No.. 506,535. Patented o-01;.`1o,189s'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH B. OBRYAN, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

CLOTH-FILING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 506,535, dated October10, 1893.

Application tiled February 2l, 1893. Serial No. 463,176. (No model.)

hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in machines for piling cloth, silk,and other'fabrios, and it consists in the construction and arrangementof parts which will hereinafter be fully described, and-particularlypointedout in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide means for readily andaccurately measuring long lengths of cloth, without the necessity of byhand rolling out and measuring the same. An occasion where theconvenience of such a mechanism arises is in cutting jeans, cassimeres,&c., where it is necessary for the right sides of the piece of goods tolie facing each other, in order that when a pattern is put on it, thegarment is cut right and left. As pieces of cloth of this nature areusually from forty to fifty yards long, it is necessary to have a tableof half the length of the piece of goods, and to roll the goods out halfof their length, and then back to where the unrolling started at theother end of the table. To do this by hand is tedious, and the object ofmy invention is to enable the displaying of the goods to be accomplishedwithout the exercise of manual power in unrolling the same.

To this end my invention consists in a traveling frame, suspended overthe measuring table by rollers moving on a track suspended over and inline with the measuring table, between the lower, widened ends of whichframe bolts or rolls of cloth may be held by` spindles, rotatablymounted in adjustable tubes journaled in said dependent arms, in such amanner that when one end of the roll of cloth is fastened to one end ofthe table, the cloth can be laidin folds of any desired length upon thetable by moving the traveling frame back and forth. v

My invention is fully illustrated in the drawings accompanying andforming a part of this specication, in which the same referencelettersrefer to the same or corresponding parts, and in which- Figure l is afront view of my traveling frame. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, andFig. 3, a series of views showing the spindles used for holding thecloth.

vRe'feifiiig`'to the drawings, A represents a track, suspendedhorizontally, from the ceiling by the bolts L in a line with the tableon which the goods are to be piled. The track may be suspended at anyconvenient height, the height varying with the proportions of thetraveling frame used in connection with the same. On this track run therollers B, which support through suitable brackets the carriage N, towhich carriage are secured the bars C, which are bent outwardlyuntiltheir lower ends are a little farther apart than is necessarytohandle the rolls of cloth, and then downwardly. The rod D acts as abrace to hold these bars at a proper distance apart, and

also aids to secure the blocks M .in position on the inner side of thelower vertical portion of the bars C. The blocks M serve to make thebearings for the tubes H, which pass through apertures in their lowerends, and are adjustable as to the extent to which theyproject betweenthe ends of the bars C by means of the thumb screws J, long enough toaord secure support to the same. Within the tubes H are rotatably heldthe spindles G, `which are provided with heads suitable for catching andholding bolts or rolls of cloth placed between the same.

The operation of my device is as follows: The traveling frame havingbeen moved to one end of the table over which it is placed, and a boltof cloth having been secured between the spindles G, as the travelingframe is moved back and forth on the track A, one end of the clothhaving been secured to the end of the table, the cloth will be unrolled,and the requisite length of the same may be measured olf and cut withoutthe necessity of manual labor other than that of moving the aforesaidframe. As the top of the tableover which the frame moves is providedwith a rule, inlaid in its upper surface, the cloth can bemeasured as itis being rolled off without additional effort. A

My device is made, partly of wood and IOC In a machine for piling clothand Otheltcxtile fabrics, the combination with a track A suspended overand inline with the measuring table, of a carriage N provided withwheels moving on said track, and having dependent arms or hangers C,provided with the adjustable tubes H; in which rotate the spindles G,which are provided with heads for holding a roll of clot-h,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof afx my signature in 2o presence ot two witnesses.

JOSEPH B. OBRYAN.

Witnesses:

J. C. SWINT, i L. G. OBRYAN.

